Re: [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v1 1/1] package/rtl8821cu: bump to version 2026-08-21

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hello,

On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 08:26:52PM -0700, Christian Stewart wrote:

> I sent with git send-email but using the Gmail API - which apparently
> still is forcing line-wrapping at 78 chars.
> 
> Will go back to sending with SMTP.
> 
> Was trying to use the API because the SMTP messages are marked with a
> red "dangerous" signal in Gmail and marked as inauthentic.
> 
> Is there some way to send patches via gmail that doesn't have these limitations?

On my side I'm not using Gmail, so unfortunately I cannot provide any
guidance on this specific topic. But I assume a number of other people
on this mailing list are using Gmail?

> And the RFC - oops, I just had the --rfc flag on for some reason.

No worries :-)

> Hmm, I guess yes, I think mentally I mixed this up with
> https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812AU

Easy to mix up all those out of tree realtek driver repos to be
honest. I wish there was a bit more consolidation, with people
submitting those drivers for integration in the upstream kernel, even
if they go in drivers/staging/ initially.

> which has a "THESE DRIVERS IS DEPRECATED." notice and aren't merging PRs
> 
> But - the morrownr one - I suppose is still maintained and would accept the PR.
> 
> Submitted: https://github.com/morrownr/8821cu-20210916/pull/213

Thx! I assume you will send a v2 of your patch? Or maybe even it's
already done (I haven't checked patchwork).

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering and training
https://bootlin.com
_______________________________________________
buildroot mailing list
buildroot@buildroot.org
https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot